HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 930 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1230 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PARTICULARLY ALONG PINE...BLACK AND THE
CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGH VALLEY LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY
TO THE NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS. SOME THE HIGHER ELEVATION
VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDES...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITIES
OF CUMBERLAND...EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY. ELSEWHERE...WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AFTERNOON. WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL
POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF
TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME SUNDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR
WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 435 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A LARGE AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM TO OUR WEST WILL BRING WINDY
CONDITIONS TO EAST KENTUCKY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A GOOD BET ACCOMPANYING SHOWERS ON
THURSDAY NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A POTENT COLD FRONT CROSSING EAST
KENTUCKY. THE RIDGES ALONG THE BORDER WITH VIRGINIA WILL LIKELY SEE
THE HIGHEST WINDS...APPROACHING 50 MPH...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE
WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AS WELL
AS BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. IN ADDITION...WEAK AND SHALLOW ROOTED TREES
COULD BE TOPPLED.
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BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
435 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY.
* STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE
VIRGINIA BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD
FRONT.
* GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT. 40 MPH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* THESE WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
AS WELL AS BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. IN ADDITION...WEAK AND SHALLOW
ROOTED TREES COULD BE TOPPLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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